Elements of these
highly politicised state institutions have been repeatedly implicated in
widespread human rights violations perpetrated against perceived critics of the
Zimbabwean government aimed at silencing dissent. There is a risk that
off-budget funding of the security sector from diamond revenues could be used
to finance violence in any future election.

The report also
reveals that a 25% stake in another Marange diamond firm, Mbada, has been given
to a company linked with a man widely reported to be President Mugabe’s former
personal pilot. The company has an opaque company structure based in tax
havens.

The report
recommends that the Zimbabwean Government should:

Pass legislation that bans serving members in Zimbabwe’s security sector
from exerting any control over mining companies – including being the
beneficial owners of subsidiaries of companies operating in the country’s
sector.

Immediately audit every concession granted so far in
Marange and publish details of the beneficial owners of Mbada and Anjin.